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September 16, 2010
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Streaming Media from another server

  • September 16, 2010
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Some background:

  1. I have a bunch of *.flv media being hosted on Server A (which does not have Adobe Flash Media Server installed).
  2. I have another server, Server B, that does have Adobe Flash Media Server installed.
  3. I set up a network share on Server B that can access the media files on Server A. 

I realize this setup is a bit convoluted, but my company wants to separate the storage from the streaming.

What I want to do is use VOD on Server B to stream the files located on Server A.  My take on it is that I will create a *.swf file within Adobe Flash Professional that uses the FLV Playback component.  The source for the media will be something of the form rtmp://<Server A address>/Folder/File.flv.

My issue is this: Which files must I change so that streaming will work? I've read a bit and discovered the "Flash Media Server 3.5/conf/fms.ini" file's VOD_DIR variable needs to be changed (and follow a UNC path to the media folder on Server A).  There's also the Application.xml file in "applications/vod" that needs to have the <StorageDir> added.  What else needs to be configured, either on Server A or Server B?

Any help is much appreciated.

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    September 17, 2010

    What you want to do is map a virtual directory in your Application.xml. See the following guide:

    http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashMediaServer/3.5_AdminGuide/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d119f2925e64-7fc7.html